# Books like Ribsy

**10** books similar to *Ribsy* by Beverly Cleary (Humor · grades 4–6), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** parents, pets, dogs, chinook salmon
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/ribsy
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Ramona and Her Father](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-and-her-father) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Beverly Cleary, the same author, both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, and same genre (Humor).
- [Runaway Ralph](https://readinglist.school/book/runaway-ralph) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Beverly Cleary, the same author, both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, and same genre (Humor).
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of pets and dogs, both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Dear Mrs. LaRue](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mrs-larue) by Mark Teague _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of pets, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Dog Breath](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-breath) by Dav Pilkey _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days](https://readinglist.school/book/be-a-perfect-person-in-just-three-days) by Stephen Manes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Double Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/double-fudge) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [How to Eat Fried Worms](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-eat-fried-worms) by Thomas Rockwell _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Karen Kepplewhite is the World's Best Kisser](https://readinglist.school/book/karen-kepplewhite-is-the-worlds-best-kisser) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Best School Year Ever](https://readinglist.school/book/the-best-school-year-ever) by Barbara Robinson _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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